URIteacherknowledge - EDC 102H F2011 2011-11-02 Agenda

EDC 102H Introduction to American EducationMonday, October 31, 2011

"Any piece of work you don't have pride in, you need to keep working on."- Chris Sullivan quoted in Fried, 1991

"Numbers do not tell us all we need to know about our children." - Jonathan Kozol from Shame of the Nation, 2005

Today's Agenda

Activities

Overview: Educational Issues Related to Reform
Divide and Conquer: ANAR/RI State Strategic Plan/RI-RTTT
- Resource:
  RIDE Strategic Plan 01-07-10.pdf
  - Details
  - Download
  - 4 MB
- Additional Reference: A Nation At Risk
- Additional Reference: RI Race To the Top Summary
- Additional Reference: RI Race to the Top Application (Full)
  RI-RTTT-Combined_Narrative_FINAL_5.27.pdf
  - Details
  - Download
  - 5 MB
- For each RI-StrategicPlan Goal, refine the existing information page to include:
  - Goal
  - Purpose
  - Objectives/Strategies (not verbatim or complete, just hit the main ones)
  - How might this initiative affect our districts' needs? (Use our district descriptions, divide and conquer!)
- Group Pages:

If there is time: Work on school descriptions
- Update contribution page
- Add citations to Community, District, and School descriptions.